Columbus township, Anoka County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Columbus township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
72% of Columbus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 96% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3301
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 371
- South: 62
- West: 98
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,310
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 24
Housing units in Columbus township with a mortgage: 839 (105 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 141
- Construction (13%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbus township:
- German (36.9%)
- Norwegian (10.4%)
- Swedish (8.0%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- English (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (29%)
- France (17%)
- Germany (14%)
- Yugoslavia (14%)
- Japan (14%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,928 (84%)
- Carpooled: 236 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 113 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.9% of residents of Columbus township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 53% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,947- In family households: 3,652 (933 male householders, 191 female householders)
965 spouses, 1,342 children (1,206 natural, 25 adopted, 111 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 65 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 37 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 295 (137 male householders (90 living alone)), 79 female householders (57 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 433 2-persons, 226 3-persons, 278 4-persons, 130 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 54 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
914 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (41 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 46
| Here: | 33.8% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |